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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

149,577

100.0

enrolled in school

42,684

100.0

Native

142,433

95.2

Nursery school, preschool

2,559

6.0

Born in United States

141,247

94.4

Kindergarten

2,402

5.6

State of residence

82,623

55.2

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

19,493

45.7

Different state

58,624

39.2

High school (grades 9-12)

8,599

20.1

Born outside United States

1,186

0.8

College or graduate school

9,631

22.6

Foreign born

7,144

4.8

Entered 1990 to March 2000

2,571

1.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

3,486

2.3

Population 25 years and over

95,038

100.0

Not a citizen

3,658

2.4

Less than 9th grade

4,370

4.6

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

11,275

11.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

31,711

33.4

Total (excluding born at sea)

7,144

100.0

Some college, no degree

22,286

23.4

Europe

2,767

38.7

Associate degree

7,150

7.5

Asia

1,210

16.9

Bachelor's degree

12,290

12.9

Africa

73

1.0

Graduate or professional degree

5,956

6.3

Oceania

39

0.5

Latin America

2,903

40.6

Percent high school graduate or higher

83.5

(X)

Northern America

152

2.1

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

19.2

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

139,358

100.0

Population 15 years and over

115,811

100.0

English only

125,839

90.3

Never married

30,252

26.1

Language other than English

13,519

9.7

Now married, except separated

64,298

55.5

Speak English less than '"very well"'

4,690

3.4

Separated

1,946

1.7

Spanish

7,435

5.3

Widowed

7,268

6.3

Speak English less than '"very well"'

2,843

2.0

Female

5,865

5.1

Other Indo-European languages

4,871

3.5

Divorced

12,047

10.4

Speak English less than '"very well"'

1,417

1.0

Female

6,813

5.9

Asian and Pacific Island languages

812

0.6

Speak English less than '"very well"'

286

0.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

149,577

100.0

under 18 years

2,024

100.0

Total ancestries reported

186,832

124.9

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

944

46.6

Arab

381

0.3

Czech¹

2,198

1.5

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

3,607

2.4

Civilian population 18 years and over

108,984

100.0

Dutch

3,189

2.1

Civilian veterans

14,453

13.3

English

11,489

7.7

French (except Basque)¹

6,272

4.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

1,306

0.9

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

51,915

34.7

Population 5 to 20 years

36,560

100.0

Greek

688

0.5

With a disability

3,052

8.3

Hungarian

853

0.6

Population 21 to 64 years

84,519

100.0

Irish¹

19,300

12.9

With a disability

14,352

17.0

Italian

16,102

10.8

Percent employed

58.2

(X)

Lithuanian

1,581

1.1

No disability

70,167

83.0

Norwegian

6,277

4.2

Percent employed

81.4

(X)

Polish

14,214

9.5

Population 65 years and over

16,426

100.0

Portuguese

115

0.1

With a disability

6,291

38.3

Russian

878

0.6

Scotch-Irish

1,482

1.0

Scottish

1,893

1.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

1,101

0.7

Population 5 years and over

139,358

100.0

Subsaharan African

548

0.4

Same house in 1995

77,627

55.7

Swedish

4,971

3.3

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

59,940

43.0

Swiss

699

0.5

Same county

33,547

24.1

Ukrainian

313

0.2

Different county

26,393

18.9

United States or American

5,721

3.8

Same state

7,308

5.2

Welsh

959

0.6

Different state

19,085

13.7

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

117

0.1

Elsewhere in 1995

1,791

1.3

Other ancestries

28,663

19.2

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.